‘He’s Been Here for 33 Years’: Hundreds of Students Protest TDSB Decision to Transfer Beloved Principal

Rosedale Heights students walk out in support of principal

The student-led action hopes the TDSB will allow Sketchley to spend his final year before retirement at Rosedale Heights.

‘He’s been here for 33 years’: Hundreds of students protest TDSB decision to transfer beloved principal

Hundreds of students walked out of Rosedale Heights School of the Arts this morning, protesting the Toronto District School Board (TDSB)’s decision to transfer their beloved principal, Barrie Sketchley.

Hundreds of Toronto students walk out of class after beloved principal shuffled by board - Toronto

Hundreds of students at Rosedale High School of the Arts have walked out of class in support of their beloved principal, who is being transferred to another school.

'We do not want him to go': Toronto students rally to reinstate principal

Students at Rosedale Heights School of the Arts staged a walkout in support of their principal. CBC's Clara Pasieka explains why. While it is not policy, it is longtime practice for principals and vice principals to be moved or rotated every five or so years.

The TDSB is transferring its longest serving principal — and hundreds of parents and students are protesting

Decision to move the principal, who’s in his mid-80s, from Rosedale Heights School of the Arts — a school he helped found — has been met with shock.

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